September 24th in History

Michael Dobson | September 24

Devil's Tower becomes the first US national monument, the Mormons renounce polygamy, and Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne to Little Rock. F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ayatollah Khomeini, and Jim Henson are born; Paracelsus and Dr. Seuss die. Happy Mahidol Day!

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December 8th in History

Michael Dobson | December 8

"A Trip to the Moon" director George Melies is born, along with Popeye creator E. C. Segar, James Thurber, Sammy Davis Jr., Flip Wilson, David Carradine, and Jim Morrison. Golda Meir, John Lennon, and Bozo the Clown died. Oh, and the Soviet Union was abolished. Happy Rohatsu!

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December 9th in History

Michael Dobson | December 9

The Virgin of Guadalupe appears, smallpox is eradicated, and Herman Hollerith installs a computer at the War Department. it's the birthday of John Milton, Clarence Birdseye, Emmett Kelly, Margaret Hamilton, Kirk Douglas, and Redd Foxx; Bishop Fulton J. Sheen and Wrong Way Corrigan die. Happy Weary Willie Day!

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December 10th in History

Michael Dobson | December 10

Edward VIII can't go on without the woman he loves! In other news, Henry VIII executes two of his wife's lovers, the Vin Fiz completes the first transcontinental flight, and Mighty Mouse comes to save the day. It's the birthday of Ada Lovelace, Emily Dickinson, and Dorothy Lamour; Alfred Nobel, Damon Runyon, Otis Redding, and Richard Pryor die. Happy Festival for the Souls of Dead Whales!

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